Scheduled Injury

An injury specified in workers compensation law as having a certain period of time during which one receives disability payments. For example, a thumb injury may be a scheduled injury if the workers comp law specifies 15 weeks of disability payments.

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Other scheduled injury claims are treated differently.

Partial relief from liability under section 8(F) of the Longshore Act

Seconds after the four minutes of scheduled injury time had been completed, John Arne Riise headed Salomon Kalou's cross into his own net to hand Chelsea an undeserved and unlikely foothold in this Champions League semi-final.

REDS' RIISE AND FALL; CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Blundering Norway defender throws away Liverpool's advantage with own goal LIVERPOOL SUFFER LAST - GASP DISASTER

any part of the body for which no compensation is payable under any subdivision of this Section, the IC may award proper and equitable compensation not to exceed $20,000." Use of the word "may" indicated the legislature intended to give the IC discretion as to whether to make such awards only in situations, in which there is no compensation payable for a "scheduled injury." The sole purpose for remand was for the IC to determine whether the injury was a "scheduled injury." Holley v.

CA: nurse's leg injured assisting patient: workers' compensation awarded for `loss of use'. (Legal Case Briefs for Nurses)

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